07/21/08 REPORTS: MO/IL/IN

[Andrew Pritchard]

Got a nice nocturnal wall cloud on a little supercell out ahead of the bow echo in central Illinois near Monticello around 10 PM.

The bow itself wasn't all I had hoped, but it seems I somehow dodged the worst of the winds with more significant reports coming in.

 

[Thomas Spence]

I lost my power here in Kirkwood, MO when the gust front moved through St. Louis County this evening. Still don't have power a little over 4 hours later.

 

[Gary Stofer]

Last night's event had a late start but didn't disappoint once it made its way through Indiana. We were lucky to bag this funnel cloud on a lone cell just after midnight in southwestern Johnson county.

Full report here with additional pictures to follow
http://www.wrathofnature.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=252#252

 

[Christopher E. Kincaid]

I caught a supercell and wall cloud near Prairie City IL. It really had some interesting cloud features. It had lots of little eddies that would come and go. The striations and the surrounding clouds were cool as well.

I wished I had waited though and caught the hook near Oakford. That is near my house (though I spend most of my week in Bloomington). I got caught in the mush and could not find a good route south to catch it.

Here is Adam Pritchard and Brandon Sullivan leaving McComb on SpotterNetwork. That was my original target as well. I know that I passed one of you guys near the core. I saw it on SpotterNetwork before I lost SN.

 

[Mike Hollingshead]

http://www.extremeinstability.com/stormpics/2008/08-7-21-7047.jpg
LP'ish storm west of Seneca KS.

http://www.extremeinstability.com/08-7-21.htm
Full account there. Not a lot on there, since the storm sucked. Figures, sit there in one spot and watch it not move for an hour....it couldn't be nice too!